peacocking

Definitions

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n. Ostentatious dress or behaviour employed by a man in an attempt to impress women.

Etymologies

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peacock +‎ -ing

Examples

Not surprisingly, with the exception of the mods — who had distinct female and male looks (and whose female numbers famously catwalked up and down the King's Road near Quant's boutique) — and the more or less unisex punks, the peacocking has been a male activity, and since the early nineteenth century men's fashion in this class-bound society has been marked by extraordinary social fluidity (although, consistent with their strong sense of class identity, the lower classes appropriated the styles of the upper classes on their own terms, rather than merely imitating them).

At first, it's fun to get a lot of attention with the shoes (gentlemen, you will not believe the "peacocking" effect of these puppies), but giving each person you meet a 5-minute explanation gets old fast.

Elizabeth, let ` s go to this video that police sources are now telling a Chicago paper is what they call "peacocking" or strutting, strutting like a peacock to indicate that he feels he has gotten away with it all.

I have to admit from day one my inner voice thought he was peacocking by always talking about his wealth and the treasures he has collected from his success, but then he would show me his vulnerable side by sharing the pain of his two divorces.

If men feel that they can renounce some of the trappings of traditional manliness, and women can relinquish some of the mess that came with servile womanhood, aside from the increased purchasing and peacocking that comes with it, this metro situation may not be all bad.

Added to that is the opportunity for peacocking with their mobile phones, which have, to the evolutionary biologist, become a substitute for sexual display (men will always put their phone on the table and fiddle with it, women tend to keep theirs in their bag?).